Wedding Bear: BBW Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance (Enforcer Bears Book 3) Read Online Free Page B
Author: Zoe Chant
kiss mean? Was this still all part of the pretense to Kayden?
She wanted it to be more. She wanted it to be more with a desperation that scared her.
She'd had many relationships. It exasperated her mother, but it was true: Sidney had tried again and again to find the perfect man to settle down with. It hadn't been her fault that it had never worked out—for some reason, after a few months, all those men had invariably begun to show their true faces.
Sidney wanted romance. Sidney wanted passion. She wanted the kind of love that was all-encompassing. She didn't want a man to stay with her out of obligation or duty, and she didn't want the kind of love that burned out quickly. She’d seen too many romances turn into the sort of relationship where the couple didn’t even really talk to each other anymore.
Sidney had always wanted more. She wanted to be loved for herself. And she wanted a man who'd still tell her that he loved her when they were old and walking along the river hand in hand to feed the ducks.
Surely that wasn't too much to ask. Unfortunately, so far every man in her life had thought it was.
“No need to apologize, that was fun.” Kayden gave her a quick, amused look. “Don't worry, I can see why you needed a date for the wedding. Your family is... intense is the right word.”
“Sorry for that,” Sidney began, grimacing as she wondered what her sister was telling their mother right now.
“Don’t apologize. I like that! Families should be large and loud. And if you do all your fighting over cakes and dresses and dates, that means that you've got all that love and support left for the important things.” He tilted his head questioningly at her. “Don't you?”
Sidney frowned. She'd never thought of it like that.
She loved her family. She wouldn't want to be without them, although they also knew exactly how to drive her mad. But still... She knew her Mom meant well. No matter what the problem was, she could call her Mom day and night.
And Karen... Even though she never let them forget that her life in the city was perfect, Sidney knew that she cared for her, deep beneath that old sibling rivalry. Back when Sidney and Timothy had split up, Karen had listened to her cry for hours, and then whisked her away for a weekend in the city with her glamorous friends.
Sidney had felt really out of place, but it was the thought that counted. And all the free margaritas that weekend.
“You're right,” she said with a wistful smile. “They're loud and obnoxious, and most of the time I wish they could just behave like normal people—but I love them. They're my family. And I know they care for me.”
Kayden gave her a low, pleased laugh. “My family's the same. Big and loud and in the end, the more we fight, the more we love each other. That's important. Not the fighting, but that in the end, you're still there for each other.”
Sidney released a deep breath as Kayden pulled into her driveway.
“I didn't hire you for the wisdom, but I think I should have! Thanks,” she murmured, flushing again as she looked at him. “I really mean it. I love them, but they drive me crazy sometimes. Maybe what I really need is a voice of reason to get through all of this.”
“The quiet in the eye of the hurricane?” Kayden murmured, and then reached out to cup her cheek with his hand. “I can be that for you.”
Sidney shivered. She couldn't look away from him. The sun had vanished behind a cloud, and in the sudden gloom, there was a wildness to him that reminded her of that moment when she'd first seen him.
She couldn't quite say what it was.
It was something about his eyes. Not the scruffy beard, not the tangled hair that was just a little too long, not even the insane strength of those hard muscles. It was his eyes.
She was so close that she could see a ring of light circling his pupils. It looked like a band of liquid gold against the brown of his eyes, filled with the burning heat of wildfire. She'd
She wanted it to be more. She wanted it to be more with a desperation that scared her.
She'd had many relationships. It exasperated her mother, but it was true: Sidney had tried again and again to find the perfect man to settle down with. It hadn't been her fault that it had never worked out—for some reason, after a few months, all those men had invariably begun to show their true faces.
Sidney wanted romance. Sidney wanted passion. She wanted the kind of love that was all-encompassing. She didn't want a man to stay with her out of obligation or duty, and she didn't want the kind of love that burned out quickly. She’d seen too many romances turn into the sort of relationship where the couple didn’t even really talk to each other anymore.
Sidney had always wanted more. She wanted to be loved for herself. And she wanted a man who'd still tell her that he loved her when they were old and walking along the river hand in hand to feed the ducks.
Surely that wasn't too much to ask. Unfortunately, so far every man in her life had thought it was.
“No need to apologize, that was fun.” Kayden gave her a quick, amused look. “Don't worry, I can see why you needed a date for the wedding. Your family is... intense is the right word.”
“Sorry for that,” Sidney began, grimacing as she wondered what her sister was telling their mother right now.
“Don’t apologize. I like that! Families should be large and loud. And if you do all your fighting over cakes and dresses and dates, that means that you've got all that love and support left for the important things.” He tilted his head questioningly at her. “Don't you?”
Sidney frowned. She'd never thought of it like that.
She loved her family. She wouldn't want to be without them, although they also knew exactly how to drive her mad. But still... She knew her Mom meant well. No matter what the problem was, she could call her Mom day and night.
And Karen... Even though she never let them forget that her life in the city was perfect, Sidney knew that she cared for her, deep beneath that old sibling rivalry. Back when Sidney and Timothy had split up, Karen had listened to her cry for hours, and then whisked her away for a weekend in the city with her glamorous friends.
Sidney had felt really out of place, but it was the thought that counted. And all the free margaritas that weekend.
“You're right,” she said with a wistful smile. “They're loud and obnoxious, and most of the time I wish they could just behave like normal people—but I love them. They're my family. And I know they care for me.”
Kayden gave her a low, pleased laugh. “My family's the same. Big and loud and in the end, the more we fight, the more we love each other. That's important. Not the fighting, but that in the end, you're still there for each other.”
Sidney released a deep breath as Kayden pulled into her driveway.
“I didn't hire you for the wisdom, but I think I should have! Thanks,” she murmured, flushing again as she looked at him. “I really mean it. I love them, but they drive me crazy sometimes. Maybe what I really need is a voice of reason to get through all of this.”
“The quiet in the eye of the hurricane?” Kayden murmured, and then reached out to cup her cheek with his hand. “I can be that for you.”
Sidney shivered. She couldn't look away from him. The sun had vanished behind a cloud, and in the sudden gloom, there was a wildness to him that reminded her of that moment when she'd first seen him.
She couldn't quite say what it was.
It was something about his eyes. Not the scruffy beard, not the tangled hair that was just a little too long, not even the insane strength of those hard muscles. It was his eyes.
She was so close that she could see a ring of light circling his pupils. It looked like a band of liquid gold against the brown of his eyes, filled with the burning heat of wildfire. She'd
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